Laughing Dandino

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Laughing Dandino is an stage adaptation of The Story of the Laughing Dandino, a children's story,by Ursula Moray Williams (1911-2006)

The original text

The novel was published in 1948.

A complete draft typescript of a play adaptation of The Story of Laughing Dandino by the author is held in the Ursula Moray Williams Collection at Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books (Reference Number(s) GB 1840 UMW/01/01/11/03, possibly created c 1948)[1].

Translations and adaptations

Possibly further adapted for the stage as Laughing Dandino by Jill Fletcher in 1975, with the title .

Performance history in South Africa

First performed as Laughing Dandino in December 1975 by the Bergvliet Dramatic Society, directed by Jill Fletcher, with Ron Fenton ("Burgomaster"), **.

Sources

Correspondence with Frazer Fenton

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb1840-umw/umw/01/01/11

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